Russia ‘intercepts Europe’s key satellites’ placing NATO satellite at risk
Summary
SatNews reports that Russia has conducted aggressive satellite intercepts targeting Europe’s orbital assets, raising the risk to NATO satellites. The piece highlights Luch-1 and Luch-2 as primary actors, notes close-range maneuvers near GEO assets, and warns that unencrypted command links in legacy satellites could allow a ‘functional kill’ via spoofed instructions, deorbiting, or orbital collisions, with newer Cosmos units potentially expanding these capabilities.